San Pedro Macati Church

The San Pedro Macati Church, also known as Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church, is a Roman Catholic Church located in the Makati Poblacion, the cultural and heritage district of Makati, Philippines. Across the church is Plaza Cristo Rey which was formerly the San Pedro de Macati Cemetery. The Poblacion Church is a government-recognized cultural property based on the official list provided by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. After 394 years, the Church was re-dedicated, the first dedication happened in 1620 when it became a parish church, the next after the reconstruction of the facade in 1796 and finally again, on the 30th day of January, 2015. The Dedication was led by Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, D.D., Archbishop of Manila, con-celebrated by Rev. Msgr. Gerardo O. Santos, Ed.D, Parish Priest, bishops and priests.HistorySan Pedro de Macati used to be part of the Kingdom of Sapa. The Franciscan missionaries were the first to initiate Sapa into the Christian Faith in 1578. In 1608, Capitan Pedro de Brito, newly elected Alferez General and his wife, Ana de Herrera made a donation of land to the Jesuits. On July 1, 1608, Fray Gregorio Lopez S.J. accepted the deed of donation and an endowment of 14,000 pesos for a house of probation. This house and the church were to be built in the highest hill in the area called Buenavista and were to be placed under the patronage of Saint Peter, the namesake of the donor.Construction of the first church commenced in 1620 under the direction of Fray Pedro delos Montes S.J. As the Jesuits began to earn at least 30,000 pesos annually from turning clay into fine earthenware, their vision of building an imposing structure began to be realized. The church known as San Pedro y Paul Viejo was made from hewn stone, pebbles and gravel mixed with mortar. Its facade is dominated with a three tiered papal tiara with the cross keys of Saint Peter.